Carlisle v. State

OPINION

A jury convicted appellant of sexual assault with the use of a deadly weapon (three counts), possession of a short-barreled shotgun, possession of a controlled substance, and coercion. On appeal, appellant makes numerous assignments of error, only two of which we deem worthy of discussion.

Appellant’s conviction was based primarily upon the testimony of the victims, three teenage girls, who had been hitchhiking from Pennsylvania to Los Angeles. On September 8, 1979, appellant picked up the girls near Denver, Colorado, and offered them a ride to Los Angeles. The next day, near Jean,…